Tyler Merren (born May 29, 1984) is an American

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...

player. His visual impairment is caused by

retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a member of a group of genetic disorders called inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) that cause loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visua ...

. He attended

Wayland High School Wayland High School is the public high school for the town of Wayland, Massachusetts, United States. During the 2022-2023 school year, there were 824 students enrolled at the high school. Wayland High School is consistently ranked as one of the b ...

and went to

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. B ...

to study

exercise science Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise. It is one of the allied health professions, and involves the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise. Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise ...

. His wife Leanne is also blind. He competed for the bronze-medalist US team in Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He also competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

and the

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ...

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* * * 1984 births Living people American male goalball players Paralympic goalball players for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States Parapan American Games medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2011 Parapan American Games Goalball players at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Western Michigan University alumni People from Allegan, Michigan Sportspeople from Michigan {{Goalball-bio-stub